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John L. Featherstone Plant

Other power plant · Imperial County, California

Nameplate capacity
55 MW
Rank in California
#406
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2012
March 2012

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Geothermal
Operator
Hudson Ranch Power I LLC
County
Imperial County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.05%
Rank among other plants in California
#18 of 152
EIA plant code
57475

Generating units

Individual generating units at John L. Featherstone Plant
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
HRP1Geothermal55 MW50 MW2012Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 55 MW solar plant and a 55 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All California power plants · What California actually generates